Princeton Academy Moves To Conserve Land On Property

PRINCETON, NJ - Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart is partnering with Ridgeview Conservancy to preserve land on the Academy’s property.

The move was made with an aim of enriching the school’s curriculum with outdoor, place-based, experiential learning.

Ridgeview Conservancy is a local land trust and environmental education non-profit.

Additionally, the school is also partnering with Ridgeview Conservancy and the Watershed Institute and Friends of Princeton Open Space, to preserve two parcels of land on the school’s campus and establish a 6-acre conservation easement along its western border.

This partnership effort aims to prevent further land development, allowing the Academy to grant Ridgeview Conservancy the option to purchase the two buildable lots for conservation, thereby creating a vital link in Princeton’s Emerald Necklace.

Head of School, Kathy Humora, has years of experience designing and implementing programs such as Learning through Landscapes.

Humora is keen to deepen the school’s focus on environmental education with outdoor courses to prepare youth for the future they will face. This focus aligns with Ridgeview Conservancy’s mission to boost ecological literacy among youth and restore their ability to “read the natural landscape.”

Princeton Academy campus is a veritable arboretum with a wide range of species and century-old specimen trees, including magnolia, tulip poplar, and sycamore. They hope the new partnership will help students in environmental education and forest and climate training.

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